首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago.
[originaltext] Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago.
游客
2023-07-20
43
管理
问题
Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago. Police records show a surprising relation between changes in the season and crime patterns.
The pattern of crime has changed very little over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high during July and August, as do other violent attacks. Murder, in addition, is more than seasonal; it is a weekend crime. It is also a nighttime crime: 62 percent of murders are committed between 6 p. m. and 6 a. m. One is most likely to be robbed between 6 p. m. and 2 a. m. on a Saturday night in December, January, or February. Except for one strange statistic, May is the least criminal month of all.
Apparently our intellectual season cycles are completely different from our criminal patterns. Professor Huntington made a lot of studies to discover the seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific meetings, and make the highest scores on examinations. In all examples, he found a spring peak and an autumn peak separated by a summer low. On the other hand, Professor Huntington’s studies showed that June is the peak month for suicides and for admitting patients to mental hospital. June is also a peak month for marriages!
Possibly, high temperature and humidity bring on our strange and surprising summer actions, but police officers are not so sure. "There are, of course, no proof of a relation between humidity and murder", they say. "Why murder’s high time should come in the summer time we really don’t know".
Questions:
29. What is the passage mainly about?
30. Which is the safest season?
31. What did Professor Huntington’s research show?
选项
A、Different kinds of crimes.
B、Increasingly high crime rate in the U. S.
C、Seasonal changes in the natural environment.
D、The relations between changes in the season and crime patterns.
答案
D
解析
中心思想题。根据选项的概括性强、信息密集可知,本题考查短文主旨。文章开头的Police records show a surprising relation between changes in the season and crime patterns为短文主题句。故D为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2852470.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]M:Hello,Jane.W:Hi,Peter.Howareyou?It’sbeenalongtime
[originaltext]W:Youknow,thenoiseinmydormhasreallygottenoutofcontro
[originaltext]W:Youknow,thenoiseinmydormhasreallygottenoutofcontro
[originaltext]W:Youknow,thenoiseinmydormhasreallygottenoutofcontro
[originaltext]W:Youknow,thenoiseinmydormhasreallygottenoutofcontro
[originaltext]The"Americandream"isanideathatgrewfromTVprograms,b
[originaltext]The"Americandream"isanideathatgrewfromTVprograms,b
[originaltext]The"Americandream"isanideathatgrewfromTVprograms,b
[originaltext]M:Hello,Prof.Dianna,youwantedtoseeme?W:Oh,yes,Frank.
[originaltext]M:Hello,Prof.Dianna,youwantedtoseeme?W:Oh,yes,Frank.
随机试题
______thediagramshows,thesumspentontobaccoisnearlyaslargeasthatspe
JustoffthecoastofSouthernCaliforniasitsSantaCruzIsland,whereamag
某设置气体灭火系统的防护区,在疏散走道与出口处,应设()。A.火灾事故广播
根据《中华人民共和国刑法》的有关规定,下列事故中,应按消防责任事故罪予以追诉的是
()是指企业法人或具有法人资格的事业单位和社会团体以其依法可支配的资产投入公司
每(____)开展安全工器具清查盘点,确保账、卡、物一致。月$;$季$;
有关艾滋病的病理表现,下列哪项是错误的? A.早期可表现为淋巴结肿大B.淋巴
(2019年真题)相对于市场风险而言,信用风险具有数据充分和易于计量的特点。更适
线路重复系数是线路总长度与()之比。 A.线路长度 B.线网密度 C.线路
(2013年真题)某跨度6m、设计强度为C30的钢筋混凝土梁,其同条件养护试件(
最新回复
(
0
)